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The Great Lake Explorer experience focuses on the architecture, the music and the beauty of the region. This tour includes a behind the scenes look at the architectural influences of Frank Lloyd Wright, and the musical influences of Buddy Guy and Junior Wells. We enjoy stylish wines in the Leelanau Peninsula, relax on Mackinac Island and celebrate the craft beer industry in Milwaukee. This tour is meant to immerse the traveler in the experiences of the region.
2018 Departure Dates:
May 25
August 31

Designer boutiques, home decor, or gourmet food, chocolate and wine! Your guide will curate a day just for you and your crew! Visit upscale Lincoln Park or trendy Bucktown and Wicker Park. Discover why Chicago's design and food scene is hot! You'll travel in complete comfort in a luxury mini-coach stopping where you desire. Choose from a 5 or 7 hour day to immerse yourself in the best of the city! With a 7 hour day, your guide can make advance lunch reservations for the group to dine on their own. One small cooler of champagne is permitted per group. Other alcohol consumption on the coach is prohibited.
Great for:
Birthdays
Celebrations
Icebreakers
Convention Activities
Team Building

Explore Chicago on a custom tour, in the language of your choice, with a private guide in a deluxe vehicle that seats up to 12 guests. Arabic, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish speaking guides are available.
You will see attractions such as the Loop, Museum Campus, Millennium Park, Lake Shore Drive, Wrigley Field or you can explore the neighborhoods with visits to Chinatown, Pilsen, Little Italy, University of Chicago/Hyde Park, Fulton Market's restaurant and gallery scene. See world-renowned buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Louis Sullivan and the world's most beautiful skyline at your own pace in complete comfort. Your local guide and professional chauffeur will customize the experience for you.

Explore Chicago on a custom tour with a private guide in a deluxe vehicle that seats up to 12 guests. See the Loop, Museum Campus, Millennium Park, Lake Shore Drive & Wrigley Field, or explore the neighborhoods with visits to Chinatown, Pilsen, Little Italy, University of Chicago/Hyde Park, or Fulton Market's restaurant and gallery scene. See world-renowned buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Louis Sullivan and the world's most beautiful skyline at your own pace in complete comfort! Your local guide and professional chauffeur customize the experience for you!

Explore Chicago on a custom SUV tour with a private guide in your language. Guides are available in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Please specify language when booking. See the Loop, Museum Campus, Millennium Park, Lake Shore Drive & Wrigley Field, OR Explore the neighborhoods with visits to Chinatown, Pilsen, Little Italy, University of Chicago/Hyde Park. See world-renowned buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Louis Sullivan and the world's most beautiful skyline at your own pace in complete comfort! Your local guide and professional chauffeur customize the experience for you!

Explore Chicago on a custom SUV tour with a private guide. See the Loop, Museum Campus, Millennium Park, Lake Shore Drive & Wrigley Field, OR Explore the neighborhoods with visits to Chinatown, Pilsen, Little Italy, University of Chicago/Hyde Park, or Fulton Market's restaurant and gallery scene. See world-renowned buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Louis Sullivan and the world's most beautiful skyline at your own pace in complete comfort! Your local guide and professional chauffeur customize the experience for you!

Our Prohibition Era Speakeasy Pub Crawl is filled with cocktails and a perfect venue for bachelor or bachelorette parties, corporate events, or just a fun night out on the town to celebrate life and your friends. Hosted by a local historian, dressed in period clothing, the tour makes stops at:
Al Capone's neighborhood
Old Chicago bars
Prohibition era establishments
We transport you back in time to the 1920s, entering our venues through secret openings that really shed light on what the city was like 100-years ago. Relive the glamour of this time period while listening to stories of the rampant racketeering and bootlegging. If you're really feeling up to it, dress the part, too.

Despite the Great Fire that once ravaged the city of Chicago over a century ago, the city is credited as the birthplace of the modern skyscraper. Chicago is so renowned for architecture that it's the most vertical metropolis from here to Hong Kong.
On our Chicago Architecture Tour, we'll stop at and discuss:
Sears "Willis" Tower
The John Hancock Building
Gothic gems
Magnificent Mile notable locations
Historic brownstones
The Frank Lloyd Wright homes of Oak Park
We offer a uniquely added value opportunity to view not only the outside, but also explore the inside of many of these infamous buildings. Our tour will satisfy the architecture style and structural tastes of the most discerning traveling.

Chicago and the history of the mob are synonymous when we look back at history. That's why we provide an in-depth Chicago Gangster Tour that makes all of the infamous stops for our patrons.
Visit the old stomping grounds of:
Al Capone
John Dillinger
The Untouchables
View crime scenes immortalized in vintage news footage, the theater where the law caught up with Dillinger, the restaurant where the North Side Gang riddled Al Capone's motorcade with rounds from their Tommy Guns, and the site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
We bring Chicago's true crime past to life before your very eyes.

For the shoppers of the world, did you know Chicago is a shopping paradise? Hit some of the most famous shopping enterprises in the country with a personal Chicago fashion designer as your tour guide.
Crammed with exciting perks, our Michigan Ave. Shopping Tour patrons can enjoy special access to designer showrooms, rare opportunities to meet with the fashionistas that influence Chicago's fashion scene, and exclusive discounts on special purchases. Plus, you'll receive introductions to the hottest new store brands and shops along Michigan Avenue, as you make your way down the Magnificent Mile.
To all the shopaholics, avid browsers, and curious tourists with a taste for consumerism, you're going to love this Chicago fashion and shopping tour.

Up for more of a spooky perspective of the Windy City? Boy, does it deliver. We have curated a unique and underground ghost tour, providing you with the rare opportunity to visit many of Chicago's notable haunted locations.
Murder Castle: the hotel designed specifically for murdering people in the late 1800s by America's first mass serial killer: H.H. Holmes.
Death Alley: Peruse a haunting pathway where hundreds of theater patrons were stacked after perishing in the great fire at the Iroquois Theater
Old Congress Hotel: Once the full time residence of its former owner, Al Capone, there are ghosts and spirits that haunt the hallways of this famed location.
Different from other tours, our Haunted Chicago Tour is guided by a historian, providing insight into the historical events, information, persons, and rumors of the past.

Enjoy a private two-hour sailing experience for up to six people along Chicago's beautiful lakefront. Kick back, relax, and let the US Coast Guard licensed captain treat you to stunning views of Chicago's spectacular skyline. Make the experience your own. The flexibility of a private charter allows customization of virtually any aspect of the sailing adventure from guest list to music selection to sailing route. The unique view of the Navy Pier fireworks from the water is an unforgettable experience! Offered Wednesday and Saturday evening in season. All charters are NON-SMOKING experiences.

Enjoy a private two-hour sailing charter for up to six people along Chicago's beautiful lakefront. Kick back, relax, and let the US Coast Guard licensed captain treat you to stunning views of Chicago's spectacular skyline. Make the experience your own. The flexibility of a private charter allows customization of virtually any aspect of the sailing adventure from guest list to music selection to sailing route. All charters are NON-SMOKING experiences.

Enjoy a private two-hour sailing experience for up to six people along Chicago's beautiful lakefront. Kick back, relax, and let the US Coast Guard licensed captain treat you to stunning views of Chicago's spectacular skyline. Make the experience your own. The flexibility of a private charter allows customization of virtually any aspect of the sailing adventure from guest list to music selection to sailing route. All charters are NON-SMOKING experiences.

Enjoy a private two-hour sailing experience for up to six people along Chicago's beautiful lakefront. Kick back, relax, and let the US Coast Guard licensed captain treat you to stunning views of Chicago's spectacular skyline. Make the experience your own. The flexibility of a private charter allows customization of virtually any aspect of the sailing adventure from guest list to music selection to sailing route. Three departure times offered daily. All charters are NON-SMOKING experiences.

Chicago's fastest, closest, and safest skydiving experience! One hour from downtown Chicago in beautiful Northwestern Indiana, just 2 miles from Lake Michigan with fantastic Chicago skyline views on most days. The VIP Fast-Pass Tandem Skydive is a includes pictures, video, t-shirt, edited video, and certificate, from up to 14,000'. Accessible from downtown Chicago via the South Shore line (train), no car needed! Spectators are welcome, so bring your family and friends to watch.

Take a 3 hour gourmet dinner cruise on a high-end luxury yacht with the stunning skyline of Chicago as your backdrop. Climb aboard your recently renovated vessel, featuring a sumptuously-appointed rooftop lounge and stylish interior design, for your cruise along Lake Michigan. Then sit down for a 3-course dinner, informed by some of the world's top celebrity chefs and composed of fresh ingredients cooked right onboard. After dinner, enjoy coffee and tea, captivating views of Chicago landmarks such as the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower and John Hancock building, plus musical entertainment provided by the onboard DJ.

Experience the city of Chicago by taking a train ride from Milwaukee for an amazing day of sightseeing. The famous attractions you will see include the Skydeck Chicago, Michigan Avenue Bridge, Art Institute, Millennium Park, Adler Planetarium, Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Maggie Daley Park, Sheraton Hotel, Navy Pier, The Magnificent Mile, The Water Tower, 360 Chicago, and Hard Rock Cafe. You can enjoy a meal at Hard Rock before returning to Milwaukee that same evening.

No more selfies or pestering strangers for photos of yourself and loved ones, enjoy the services of a professional vacation photographer in Chicago to capture your travels in a contemporary and candid style.
Specialising in delivering quality photography with photographers all over the world, we guarantee you amazing photos to remember your travels. All images shown were taken by our photographers.

Chicago Premium Outlets is the premier shopping destination in the Chicago metro area. Home to over 140 stores, Chicago Premium Outlets features international stores and America's top designer brands at discount prices. Find something for everyone on your shopping list at such stores as Nike, Lacoste, Michael Kors, Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store, Armani, Calvin Klein, Kate Spade, 7 for All Mankind, and dozens more.
Before the transfer, it is recommended you join the free Chicago Premium Outlets VIP shopping club and receive exclusive member benefits including shopping coupons and much more.

End the year with a bang when the sky lights up at midnight! Make your evening in Chicago one to remember with this 3-hour cruise featuring dinner, sightseeing, and dancing along the shores of Lake Michigan. Feast your eyes on incredible views of iconic Windy City sights like Navy Pier, the Willis (Sears) Tower, Buckingham Fountain, and Soldier Field, then fill your belly with a bountiful all-you-can-eat buffet. Continue the celebration with a live DJ, who will mix up a selection of dance favorites.

Chicago's fastest, closest, and safest skydiving experience! One hour from downtown Chicago in beautiful Northwestern Indiana, just 2 miles from Lake Michigan with fantastic Chicago skyline views on most days. This is the Bronze Tandem Skydive which is a basic skydive, from up to 14,000'. No pictures or video are included (they can be purchased upon arrival). Accessible from downtown Chicago via the South Shore train line, no car needed! Spectators are welcome, so bring your family and friends to watch.

Just over the Illinois border along the southern tip of Lake Michigan lie the Indiana Dunes. In the charming villages that dot the area known as Duneland, you'll find artisan wineries featuring wines made from grapes grown in Indiana and other Midwest states. Let an experienced winemaker accompany you from downtown Chicago to three tasting rooms and provide insight about this unique terroir. Your full-day itinerary includes a luxurious lunch of contemporary, farm-fresh fare in Chesterton.

Come explore wine country in the southwest Michigan, just a short journey from downtown Chicago. Discover what this region has to offer and experience wines that are food friendly and amazingly different than what you will taste in California or France. The private tours are perfect for both novice and experienced wine lovers who want to learn more about growing grapes in colder climates and the process of making wine from vine to glass. The tours are hosted by a knowledgeable wine maker who will answer any questions along the way as you stop at three different wineries along with a gourmet lunch break. The tours include round trip transportation, all tasting fees, and lunch. If you have a larger group, a private pickup can be arranged. If you are staying in a downtown Loop hotel in Chicago, a pickup from your hotel can be arranged.

Explore Chicago's famously affluent North Shore in style on this private, half-day tour. After you're picked up from your Chicago accommodation, you'll be whisked away on this scenic sightseeing tour, passing by historic mansions, pretty gardens, and beautiful views overlooking Lake Michigan. See sights ranging from the Northwestern University campus in Evanston to the Chicago Botanic Garden before heading back to the Windy City and being dropped off directly at your hotel.

'Tis the season to experience the city lights on a very special holiday Chicago helicopter ride. Depart from the downtown Chicago heliport and be whisked over the magical skyline glowing in red, blue, and green. The pilot-led tour highlights the rich history of Chicago while gliding above the illuminated Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), Lincoln Park Zoo, Navy Pier, Wrigley Field, and so much more.

Get the best view of the city in Chicago's only Enstrom 480B, with windows below, above and all around! On this Premiere Helicopter Tour, you will see all that Chicago has to offer from a vantage point high above the city. As you soar amongst the skyscrapers and historic landmarks that have made Chicago famous, your highly experienced pilot will narrate your tour with interesting highlights and facts about the city.This VIP Tour's sights will include iconic views of Willis (Sears) Tower, Millennium Park, Magnificent Mile and more! Day or night tours are available, at the same price, each with a unique perspective and view of Chicago.Your VIP tour will begin and end in the beautiful dedicated tour lounge area at the Vertiport Chicago heliport, where you can relax by the full window walls and view the other helicopters taking off and landing against the backdrop of the city. Whether a resident or visitor, this iis an unforgettable experience. Price is all inclusive. NO additional fees.

Experience Chicago from a whole new view and time! The nighttime tour gives passengers a view of the big city lights from the sky! See Soldier Field, Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), John Hancock building, Lincoln Park, and historic Wrigley Field all lit up. Expert pilots narrate the entire duration of the flight with their vast knowledge of Chicago and its culture. Beverages and a digital photograph are included.

Just west of downtown Chicago lie the charming old towns of the scenic Fox River Valley. An experienced winemaker guide accompanies you to three tasting rooms featuring wines made from grapes grown in the unique 'terroir' of Illinois and other Midwest states. Sample up to seven wines at each stop and enjoy a gourmet lunch. At the conclusion of the tour, you can be dropped off at select Chicago hotels.

Take in spectacular views aboard the Chicago Odyssey Weekend Dinner Cruise. Enjoy a 4-course menu of appetizers, entrees and delicious desserts. Dance to a medley of live music, from softer classics early in the cruise to today's favorites.

Your most memorable Valentine's Day yet is waiting on the water, when you and your sweetheart join us aboard the Odyssey for dinner.
Take a romantic 3 hour gourmet dinner cruise on a high-end luxury yacht with the stunning skyline of Chicago as your backdrop. Climb aboard your recently renovated vessel, featuring a sumptuously-appointed rooftop lounge and stylish interior design, for your cruise along Lake Michigan. Then sit down for a 3-course dinner, informed by some of the world's top celebrity chefs and composed of fresh ingredients cooked right onboard. After dinner, enjoy coffee and tea, captivating views of Chicago landmarks such as the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower and John Hancock building, plus musical entertainment provided by the onboard DJ.

Experience all of Chicago's best sights from the air on this exciting helicopter tour! Aboard a state-of-the-art helicopter, you'll enjoy a magnificent view of Lake Michigan and fly past several top Chicago attractions like Willis Tower, Navy Pier, Millennium Park, the Shedd Aquarium and Lincoln Park. Your pilot will provide expert commentary about the sights you see and can answer any questions you have. Tour route is subject to change.

Watch the Chicago skyline sparkle from the air on this thrilling nighttime helicopter tour! Aboard a heated, state-of-the-art helicopter, soak in amazing views of Lake Michigan and fly past several Chicago landmarks like Willis Tower, Navy Pier, Millennium Park, the Shedd Aquarium and Lincoln Park. Your expert pilot will provide interesting commentary about the sights you see and can answer any questions you have. Tour route is subject to change.

Start your day with a breathtaking view of Chicago and a hearty breakfast on a glass-enclosed balcony 103 stories up! Ascend to the Skydeck of Willis Tower, the tallest building in the western hemisphere, and take your seat at a breakfast table 1,353 feet (412 meters) above the ground. Choose from five full breakfast menus and savor your meal for a leisurely 1.5 hours before the tower's Skydeck opens to the public. Afterward, browse the Skydeck's interactive exhibits about Chicago's history and culture. This awe-inspiring experience is perfect for both first-time and return visitors alike!
Note: You must add your breakfast selection at time of checkout in the special requirement field.

Take in spectacular views aboard the Chicago Odyssey Weekday Dinner Cruise. Enjoy a 4-course menu of appetizers, entrees and delicious desserts. Dance to a medley of live music, from softer classics early in the cruise to today's favorites.

The world's longest-running American musical, the multi-award-winning CHICAGO, returns to London's West End. Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. will make his UK stage debut starring as fast-talking lawyer Billy Flynn, he will be joined by stage veterans Sarah Soetaert as Roxie Hart, Josefina Gabrielle as Velma Hart, and Ruthie Henshall playing Mama Morton.
Roxy Hart has always wanted to be a star but can't quite seem to catch a break. Things seem poised to change when she is arrested for the murder of her lover. Roxy decided to become the media's new darling and begins vying for the spotlight, and the attention of their lawyer Billy Flynn played by Cub Gooding Jr., with her idol, nightclub performer and accused double-murderess Velma Kelly.

Pair craft beer tastings at three of Chicago's finest breweries with a pizza dinner on this 4-hour tour in the Windy City. A guide leads your small group on a tour of the brewery scene in Chicago. Round-trip hotel transportation is included, leaving you only to worry about which beer to try first.

Wear Your Walking Shoes & Bring Your Appetite!
On this three-hour guided walking tour, you'll discover some of the best locally owned restaurants that tend to fly under the radar unless you're truly in-the-know. You'll get to partake in multiple food and beverage samplings at four establishments, all adding up to one satisfying lunch. Between stops, your guide will share lesser-known facts about this iconic neighborhood.

See classic Chicago sights with this Viator VIP package that includes early entry to the Skydeck in Willis (formerly Sears) Tower where you'll be greeted and quickly escorted up to the 103rd floor. After a crowd-free morning looking over the Windy City, take a narrated tour on a classic Chicago trolley that passes John Hancock Center, Field Museum and Millennium Park. Finish your comprehensive Chicago tour - available only through Viator - with an afternoon cruise on the Chicago River with a complimentary drink in hand, learning about the city's many distinctive skyscrapers from an architecture-savvy guide.

It isn't Chicago history without a dose of mafia intrigue - and some killer blues tunes, too. This lively and fascinating private tour sends you back to the Chicago of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, when Prohibition was in effect, when Al Capone roamed the streets, and when live music had never been hotter. See the site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, visit a legendary bar, take in some performances and otherwise immerse yourself in the Windy City's edgy past.

Your most memorable Valentine's Day yet is waiting on the water, when you and your sweetheart join us aboard Spirit of Chicago for dinner. Stunning skyline views, inspired cuisine and an experience unlike any other all make for the perfect celebration of love. Feast your eyes on incredible views of iconic Windy City sights like Navy Pier, the Willis (Sears) Tower, Buckingham Fountain, and Soldier Field, then fill your belly with a bountiful all-you-can-eat buffet. Continue the celebration with a live DJ, who will mix up a selection of dance favorites.

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